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The War against al-Qaeda - Religion, Policy, and Counter-narratives (Paperback)
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The War against al-Qaeda - Religion, Policy, and Counter-narratives (Paperback)
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In this original and provocative book, Nahed Artoul Zehr explores
the theological underpinnings of al-Qaeda and related Islamic
movements such as ISIS. She demonstrates how this marginal
narrative transformed al-Qaeda from a relatively hierarchical and
regional organization to a globalized, decentralized, and diffuse
system of networks. She draws connections between religious ideas
and strategy in her translation and analysis of leading theoretical
and tactical jihad text, The Global Islamic Resistance Call, by
Mustafa abu Mus' ab al-Suri. Just as importantly, she questions
al-Qaeda's understanding of the Islamic tradition on the use of
force, arguing that it reflects a weak understanding of this
tradition. More specifically, it is al-Qaeda's (and related
groups') break with this tradition that is key to an al-Qaeda
defeat. Simultaneously, Zehr critiques the US military and policy
establishment as it attempts to offer counter-narratives to the
al-Qaeda phenomenon that emphasizes "good Muslims" versus "bad
Muslims" in order to embrace a "moderate" form of Islam. According
to Zehr, this approach is misguided: it is beyond the US
government's purview and expertise to make such theological claims
about Islam. Better, she argues, to note the counter-narratives
that are coming from within the Muslim community and other
nongovernment institutions interested in moving this work forward.
By refocusing our attention on al-Qaeda's narrative and the various
ways thatit is being contested, the book provides an alternate lens
from which to viewal-Qaeda and the al-Qaeda phenomenon for Islamic
and US foreign policy scholars and students.
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